“Joyful, all ye nations rise; join the triumph of the skies!”
“He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love”
“Come all ye faithful, joyful, and trimphant”
“Long lay the world in sin and error pining til He appeared and the soul felt its [...]
Archive for December, 2007
My Theology as Formed by Christmas Carols
Posted in God, beauty, music on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Proust Questionnaire
Posted in literature, music, self-indulgence on December 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the back of “Vanity Fair” every month, a well-known person is interviewed in the style of two questionnaires Marcel Proust filled out during his 13th and 20th years, respectively. One of my dreams of life is to become well-known enough that someone would actually want to read my answers to these questions.
What is your [...]
Being 21 is a difficult thing
Posted in God, growing up, relationships, things that make me sad on December 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Growing up is very hard. Whenever I realize I’m not as kind, patient, or perpetually grateful as I hope to be, via an argument or fit of immature rage due to some tiny upset to my day, I feel brutally betrayed by my own idealization of myself. I wonder if the person I’m becoming is [...]
Remarkable Exoticism
Posted in Europe, coffee, literature, memory, romance on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
s: i also think i’d maybe like to work a cubicle job
s: i dunno why, but those “faceless, nameless, pointless” jobs appeal to me in some way
s: it might be fun to just blennnnd in
m: it makes sense to me, in a very out-of-character way…something that seems almost exotic in its mediocracy
m: like you’re in [...]
Writing Encouragement
Posted in beauty, literature, memory on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
m: but i’m much more drawn to characters, stories, situations, etc etc
s: and that’s how you reach people
s: don’t let the pomo artist assholes get to you
s: irony and being detached will only get you so far
s: the purpose of drama, acted or written, is to communicate SOUL TO SOUL with your audience
s: political melodrama [...]
Coffee Notes
Posted in coffee, work on December 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Favorite Coffee Shops:
1. The Grind (Chicago, IL)
2. The Bourgeois Pig (Chicago, IL)
3. Zoka (Seattle, WA)
4. Bar Il Tempio (Florence, Italy)
5. Dollop (Chicago, IL)
Favorite Coffees:
1. Metropolis Redline
2. Intelligentsia Red Sea
3. Zoka Palladino
4. Intelligentsia Tres Santos
5. Intelligentsia Los Inmortales
Favorite Drinks to Make:
1. Soy Latte
2. 2% Latte
3. Chai
4. Espresso Macchiato
5. Peppermint Mocha
Favorite Everyday Drink: Soy latte, or Small Coffee [...]
A Demand for Honesty (and men who read “Details”)
Posted in hipsters, poetry, relationships, romance on December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Out with the precious gems of films, poems, and books who see life through such a thick veil of post-irony that they cannot handle their own honesty! I won’t pretend I didn’t like “The Darjeeling Limited” and “Juno,” but enough with the genre that can only be described as “quirky and heartwarming!” Out with male screenwriters [...]
Observations of a Feeling
Posted in melodramatic, memory, relationships, things that make me sad on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As Joe described it, I can imagine it similar to the phantom pains experienced by someone who has lost a limb. The limb can still feel as though it pulsates, functions, and hurts. There must be something there because the memory is so sharp, so when you find that it is indeed not there, it [...]
